Cigar lighter



BEST AVAELAYBLE COP 1.564.072 J. M. JACKSON CIGAR LIGHTER Filed Feb. 14, 1925 KNVENTOR ATTORNEYS 353T AVAILABLE c Patented Dec. 1,1925.

CIGAR LIGHTER.

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Tp all a rizom it may concern; .Be it known that I, Jan'eshL- Jaoxsozr, a, citizen. of the United States, and resident of Parkersburg, in the county of Wood'and State of West Vir' inia, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements in Cigar Lighters, ofwhich the-following is a specifieation, i f

This invention relates to improvements in cigar lighters, and it consists of-the'con- -struetions, combinations and arrangements herein described and.claimed.'; object of the invention is to-provide arr electrical cigar lighter of the extension- I cord. type, the arrangement being such that an electrical heating circuit is closed as soon as-the-thimble is pulled forwardly toward the smoker preparatory to lighting a-cigar;

Another objectof the invention is to provide a cigar li hter of the character stated, also having S115! provision as will'again open the circuit when the thimble is released and permit it to fly back into the shell. Another object of the invention is to rovide a device of the character described which 'iscapable of being used as an extension electric lamp, it being a mere matter of exchanging the preferred electrical heatingunit for a. standard base lamp to serve the latter purpose.

Other objects and advantages appear in the following specification, reference being had to the. accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a. sectional view of the spool' box and shell, portions of the device being shown in elevation.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the lighting thimble which cooperates with said shell.

Figure 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating the action when the thimble is placed int-he resting position in the shell,

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line H of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a detail section on the line 55 of'Figure 4, and showing a detail of the cable spool.

In carrying out the invention provision is made ofa box 1 in. which a spool 2 is rotatably mounted. The box has a cover "3 (Fig, 4) which, when placed upon the otherwise en side of the box, assists in holding the shaft 4 of t-lze spool in position. The spool includes a drum 5 (Figs. 4 and several are obviously used.

continuously. tend to turn the spool in the counter-clockwise direction and. thereby keep the electric cable 7 ,woundup .within theboxl.

Extending from the box 1 isia sleeve or shell 8. This shell is-.ex'ternally threaded partof the way toreceive-one or more nuts an internal insulating bushing 1'0 with a tapering bore 11. The electric cable 7 {ex- -tends out through the bore when the cigar lighter is in use as shown in F igurcs-l and 2. A thimble 12 carries a receptacle 13 into which is insertible the base 14 of eithera small electric lamp, or preferably (to carry out the purpose of the invention) the base of. a suitable heating element 15. This element is of the electrical resistance variety, being of such character that when the electrical current passes therethrough it becomes sufiiciently hot to light the end of a cigar introduced in ,the. open end of the thimbleYj-lQ.

The end of the base 14 is engage-able with the center contact-16 which is carried by an insulating plug 17 in the conical end 1S of the thimble. The center contact is pressed by a spring 19 in one directiona'nd is prevented from being moved out of the bore of the plug'by a head 26 and a closure 21.

A. side contact 22 is operable at, an opening in the conical end 18. A spring tends to press the contact ZQoutux-mlly and thus make contact with the wall of the opening. 'lhespring engages a strip 2% with which one wire of. the cable 7 connects as shown. The other wire of the cable has suitable connection with the spring 19. His readily seen that when the thinible 12 is extended as shown in Figure 2, the side contact 22 will be in engagen'lent with the conical end 18 (which is made of metal) establishing a The shell 8 has" E B ory i which a spring Sis so arrangedfas to circuit through the base 14: and element 15 so that suflicient heat may be had for the lighting of the cigar.

Electrical current is conducted to the cable in any suitable manner. In practice the arrangement must be such that current will be conductor regardless of the fact that the spool 2 is adapted for turning. Conventiohallsliding contacts may be used for supplying the electrical current may be conrentional, the particular feature to be borne in mind bein the construction of the thimhie 12- and t.- e shell- 8 with .which it cooperates.

ihe operatic-n is readily understood. As

already stated, the tendency or'. the spring 6 (Fig. 5) is to turn the spool 2 m thecountcr-clockwise direction so as to wind up the cable 7 and hold the tllillllllc 12 in the spacewitiiin the shell The position then assumed is illustrated in Figure The conical end lS'will be held in en agement with the tapering wall or bore f1 of the insulatingbushing 10. The side contact 215 being engaged with the tapering bore. is depressed against the tension of the spring 21), causing disconnection of the contac s from the metallic body of the conical end. This breaks the electrical circuit which may otherwise be traced through the lanip base 1- n desiring to use the cigar lighter the thnnble 1i, taken hold of and pulled outward. The cable 7 will unreel from the spool. The spring 23 will press the otherwise unobstructed side contact 22 into engagementn'vith the wall of the opening in the conical end In, establishing the electrical circuit spoken of before and causing a desired heating of the element 15. This element, as already stated, may be of any conventional resistance type. After the cigar has been lighted, the user may simply let go of the spindle 12 whereupon the spring (5 (which was previously put under tension) will turn the spool 10 until the conical end 18 finds its way into the shell 8. The side contact is again depressed. and the electrical circuit is open.-

\Vhilethe construction and arrangement of the improved cigar lighter is that of a generally preferred form, obviously modihcations and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

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Killv insulatingbnshing situated in said end, a

spring contact mounted in thc bushing and being movable int an opening lll said conical end to engage the wall of the opening, an electrical cable extending into the conical end representing a-circuit one side of which has connection with the Contact. the other side of which has connection with one terminal of said clement,.a relatively fixed insulating bushing having a tapering bore into which said conical end isinsertible to cause depression of the contact and breaking of the circuit, a box having a shell by which said last bushing is carried, and means in the box upon which .the cable is capable of winding.- v

2. A device of the characte:- described comprising an element to be heated, means by which said element is carried including a metallic thimble with which one terminal of said element is in electrical connection,

v a metallic extension upon the thimble having an opening, an electrical circuit including a cable, means by which one of the wires of the cable is connected to the remaining terminal of said element, an insulating plug situated in said extension, a sprim contact guided in said insulating plug at which contact the other wire of said cable is connected, said spring contact entering said opening and completing the electrical circuit through said element and the wall of the opening, spring tension means by which the cable 15 wound, and meansincluding an insulating bushing by which said extension is receivable, the engagement of-said spring contact with the wall of said bushing pressing the contact out of enga ement with the wall of .said 0 ening and t ereby opening the circuit 0 said element.

JAMES MADISON JACKSON. 

